Great Crosby Catholic Primary School
Welcome to Year 4
Year 4
Dear Parents and Carers
You should have received an email or letter outlining the new home learning format.
In the section below, you will find the current home learning timetable that will be followed in school and at home. The timetable sets out lessons for each day, with where to find the links to planning on the school website, or a direct website link. The timetable, and the planning, will be updated every Friday evening, as parents/ carers may need to print off worksheets etc ready for Monday. The English planning is in a separate document. For maths we will use White Rose Maths. The videos are on their website. Click on the image below. The worksheets and answers can be downloaded from the section below.. For other subjects, we are going to use BBC Bitesize lessons. Please note that these may not be live until the day they’re meant to be completed on.
Additional Summer Term English
There are some new English activities for you to try this term based on Kennings poetry.
There is a power point for you to look at and then there are some examples of poems to look at and guess the answer to the riddle! You can then have a go at planning and writing your own.
Have you been learning our Year Group song? Have a listen below if you are still unsure of the words.
Staff
4B - Mrs J. Byrne and Mrs C. Benson
4CW - Mrs H. Crann and Mrs S. Walker
4R - Mrs N. Richards
Teaching Assistants:
Mrs E. Bentley, Mrs L. Kemp, Miss M. Kerwin, Mrs L. Mansfield, Mrs L. McAlister
Come and See
The Universal Church - God's People
Ordinary people who do extraordinary things. Different saints show people what God is like.
Ordinary people who do extraordinary things. Different saints show people what God is like.
This work comes from the Come and See Religious Education programme which is taught in all Catholic schools in the Archdiocese of Liverpool. We have given a general guide to the learning opportunities that your child may have come across in school and have only suggested and selected a small amount of the programme. The activities aim to keep Religious Education practical and fun. They are in Year groups however, there is no harm in completing other year group work as this will help your child to remember and strengthen their learning.
The first part of learning is called – EXPLORE. This shares your child’s everyday experiences and helps them to see how the Catholic faith is lived in their everyday lives. The second part, called – REVEAL shares bible stories that links to their everyday life.
Please note that the activities have been adapted as far as possible to adhere to social distancing guidelines.
Ordinary people who do extraordinary things. Different saints show people what God is like.
Ordinary people who do extraordinary things. Different saints show people what God is like.
Ordinary people who do extraordinary things. Different saints show people what God is like.
Please read pages 1 and 17 to 21 of the Come and See RE Home Learning booklet. Please click on the image for the download link.
This week's weblinks
White Rose Maths
White Rose Maths
White Rose Maths
Click on the image to find the daily video to go with the worksheets and answers that can be downloaded from the section above.
A regular daily learning routine will help your child to learn more effectively at home. We therefore recommend that you aim to cover just one 20-30 minute White Rose Maths session each day. How to use these lessons:
- Click on the set of lessons for your child’s year group.
- Watch the video (either on your own or with your child).
- Find a calm space where your child can work for about 20-30 minutes.
- Use the video guidance to support your child as they work through a less
BBC Bitesize
White Rose Maths
White Rose Maths
Click the image to visit the BBC Bitesize Daily Y4 lessons.
Oxford Owl
White Rose Maths
Oxford Owl
To read the free eBooks in the plan, if you haven't already done so, please set up a parent's account. Click on the image above and follow the instructions.
Wear A Kit For Jack Day
Friday 10th July
On Friday July 10th we are holding our annual 'Wear A Kit For Jack' fundraising day. We would like our children to wear a sports kit of their choice and post a picture to our Instagram page, back view or face obscured, with the tag line, 'I'm wearing my kit for Jack'.
Children who are coming to school should also come in a sports kit.
Please click on the image above to find out more about making a donation.
Thanking you in anticipation of your generosity.
Additional Home Learning
English
In the download section there are resources for Kennings poetry.There are also some activities for Kennings on Purple Mash. Have a go!
Maths
· Continue to practise your tables using Times Tables Rockstars. https://play.ttrockstars.com/auth/school/student/26823 We are in a 'Battle of the Bands' against Year 3, so we need you to win as many points as you can!
· Take a look at the Topmarks website https://www.topmarks.co.uk/Search.aspx?Subject=16
· Have a go on some of the games – Hit the Button we know is one of your favourites!
· Continue to log into your Manga High account and access the challenges
· Play some board games – Snakes and Ladders, Monopoly
Look below for the daily NCETM and White Rose Maths video lessons, activities and practice.
Science
· Go on the Stem Website. They are constantly updating their resources
https://www.stem.org.uk/home-learning/primary
Our text Science topics are States of Matter and Sound. There are resources to share and activities to complete. These are available to download below. This contains folders for States of Matter and Sound.
Listen to the Water Cycle song on You tube
Geography
· Find out where the source and the mouth of the River Mersey is.
· Research the River Mersey, and tell someone you know about what you have found out, do they know anything about the river you didn’t know.
Art, Design and Technology
· Design and make your own coat of arms
· Design and make your own Viking shield and sword
· Make your own Viking ship – template included
· Make a bird feeder
· Make a wind chime
· Make a river collage
Maths - Daily video lessons, activities and practice
National Centre for Excellence in the Teaching Mathematics of (NCETM) - Fractions
National Centre for Excellence in the Teaching Mathematics of (NCETM) - Fractions
National Centre for Excellence in the Teaching Mathematics of (NCETM) - Fractions
These short videos are intended to provide primary school pupils with interactive lessons while they are at home. It is important that, within each batch, they are watched in the suggested order. Most lessons are 15 to 20 minutes long, each ending with suggested follow-up tasks. All lessons exemplify a small steps, Teaching for Mastery approach to Maths, using materials that Mr Cannell helped to write. The current plan is for a new batch of five lessons to be added every week.
Click on the image to access the Lower Key Stage 2 lessons.
I See Maths
National Centre for Excellence in the Teaching Mathematics of (NCETM) - Fractions
National Centre for Excellence in the Teaching Mathematics of (NCETM) - Fractions
For the duration of the upcoming school closures, Gareth Metcalfe from I See Maths will challenge and inspire primary mathematicians of all ages. Click on the image to watch his daily challenges and to find previous sets of lessons.
Y4 News
Fri 14th Feb
This week Year 4 having been baking delicious biscuits. The recipe is a simple one, requiring only three ingredients.
To make 16 biscuits:
You will need two baking trays
100g (4oz) of softened butter
50g (2oz) of caster sugar
150g (6oz) of self-raising flour
Preheat the oven to 180°C /fan 160°C/ gas 4.
Lightly butter two baking trays. (We used greaseproof paper)
Measure the butter into a bowl and beat to soften.
Gradually beat in the sugar and then the flour.
Bring the mixture together with your hands to form a dough.
Form the dough into 16 balls about the size of a walnut and place spaced well apart on the prepared baking trays.
Dip a fork in a little water and use this to flatten the biscuits.
Bake in the preheated oven for 15–20 minutes until a very pale golden.
Lift off the baking tray and leave to cool completely on a wire rack.
After baking our biscuits, we dipped them in chocolate and sprinkled on hundreds and thousands.
We wrapped them in tissue paper and took them home for our families in decorated boxes.
Fri 8th Nov
Very well done to both of our Y4 teams who competed at the Multi Skills tournament at Chesterfield High School. Many of the children were representing our school for the first time. Out of 20 teams, we were delighted to be placed 1st and 5th.